Television Students Hold Annual Telethon for Film Majors

The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication will air the 13th Annual “Friends of Max Kolb Telethon” on Sunday, April 27, 2019 from 9 to 10:30 p.m. ?The show will air on Hofstra TV channel 35 you’ll not end up streamed live over the internet at maxkolbtelethon.com/live. ?The telethon, that could be produced and directed exclusively by senior television students, has raised additional than $48,400 for scholarships for Hofstra film students.

“The telethon does a fantastic job of highlighting the fervour and extraordinary effort of Hofstra’s filmmakers,” said Co-Producer Emilie de Sainte Maresville ’14. ?”It includes the film and television departments inside of a unique way and I’m very proud like a thing Hofstra tradition.”

Scholarship recipients could use the award to compliment offset production costs using their junior or senior films, which often can reach over $5,000. Funds raised because scholarship’s inception have helped support much more than fifty student filmmakers as they quite simply simply in a position to launch rewarding careers on the telly industry.

The telethon and also Max Kolb Endowed Memorial Scholarship manufactured to honor Hofstra film student Max Kolb, who died in 2001. The principal telethon would have been a collaboration between Max’s film and television classmates and Associate Professor Peter Gershon, who still may work as faculty adviser to your telecast. It originally aired which has a amount of minor acts as well as grown to include live mainstream musical acts.

This year’s telethon features performances by rising artists, including Tedesco, Morning Fuzz, Citris, The Serotones, Hookz, Tina K, and comedian Mike Bialek ’15. ?Hot items for auction include two round-trip domestic Jet Blue tickets, Mets and Yankees tickets, as well as VIP tickets to ABC’s, “Experience Kelly and Michael.”

Individuals and businesses which contribute items for auction should contact Dr. Peter Gershon at 516-463-5425 or [email protected]??